JB Blues blog: Fundraiser for musician Chris Leigh

Another Detroit bluesman has been ailing and needs help with medical expenses. As usual, the local music community is banding together to help out.

A fundraiser for guitarist/vocalist Chris “Boogiechile” Leigh will be held from 1 p.m.-midnight on Sunday, Nov. 4 at Scooter’s Bar and Grill, 6004 Torrey Road, in Flint.

Leigh has been recuperating from intestine surgery after losing nearly 100 pounds in four months. He is back up to 164 pounds now, after weighing only 129 two months ago.

“The last thing we want is a musician who can’t work and whose income stops because of an illness,” said Gary “Shadowhawk” Ellis, drummer with the Broken Arrow Blues Band, who has been playing with Leigh for 27 years in different band configurations. “They have to worry about rent, food, medical supplies and medications.